Burrell Straight Razors

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Owd Wullie,
You're welcome Sir. By the way, nice looking "Pete".
Regards, John
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johnburrell wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:55 pm Owd Wullie,
You're welcome Sir. By the way, nice looking "Pete".
Regards, John
Thanks John,
It's a 72 model. Been rode hard all her life. She's a toy now. I'm retired and I drive it for fun when I feel like getting some two stick therapy. It has 2 transmissions, the way they all ought to be in my opinion. The Skinny nose Kenworth is a 70 model. It's another toy and also has two transmissions. The Pete has a 15spd main and a 4spd auxiliary with overdrives in both boxes. That gives 60 possible forwards and 12 possible reverses. LOL It'll crawl or fly. It's geared out at around 110mph but I'll never punch it that hard.
The KW has a 5spd main and a 4spd auxiliary with a single overdrive that gives it 20 possible forwards and 4 reverses. It'll run out around 80mph, once again not with me driving it. It's comfortable at 65mph. But hey, I'm old. :D
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A lot of gears. After I closed Burrell Cutlery, I worked for my Godsons construction company for a few years. Among other things I drove several of his dump trucks. Mostly R model Mack’s. The biggest was a “12” wheeler. I’

I’ve decided to call my AAPK Store Platform Top Flight Knives and Stuff. As you know, Top Flight was my grandfather Burrell’s brand. What most people don’t know is the design with the two wings was created by my wife’s father, William T. Lowry.

While in Europe, during WWII, Bill was getting a haircut. He said to the barber let me see that razor. He had it in his hand and told the barber “Hey that was made in my hometown and I designed that Mark”. Small world, a couple of nights ago I was cleaning up some more steel marking stamps. I was pleased to find that hidden under the rust, one was a winged Top Flight. I immediately ran into the house to show it to my wife.
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I’m going to use this logo for my store.
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WOW! Thank you for that list John!
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Colonel26, you’re very welcome Sir. A lot of American Razor history in that old wooden shop box!
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It’s been a while since I’ve been on here. I’m posting this picture with my phone. Then I’ll use the computer for a longer post. This beautiful razor is a Case Brothers, Springville, Tested XX from my Great Grandfather’s company.
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So I've actually sold a few of my Barbers Straight Razor Collection pieces recently at auction. I've wanted to show you all my new business and thought the best way to draw attention to it was with the old Case Brothers Razor shown in my last message. Today, I spent a considerable amount of time sorting out some razors that we made at Burrell Cutlery for other companies. It was fun. Among them were: Wester Bros., dubl duck, Staffords Best, S.R. Droescher and Blue Steel. I'm happy to answer any questions anybody might have,

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John Burrell
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